🚀 go-pugleaf

Hi there,

I've created a client/server application using a Socket on the
client-side.
The constructor I'm using for it is: Socket(String host, int port)

For testing purposes I've been connecting all along to the server-side
app on a seperate computer on the same LAN whose IP address is:
192.168.0.196

I've been using Port 5000 for the second arguement of the Socket
constructor.

Up until now this has been working great. But...here is where the wrench
gets thrown in. The LAN is connected to the Internet via a cable modem
and router.  I configured the router to direct all request traffic to IP
address 192.168.0.196 on port 5000.  I have a registered Domain name:
"mss-webdesign.ca" and it is resolved to the IP address of the router:
24.222.101.2

So, theoretically, I thought, I should be able to replace now the IP
address 192.168.0.196 with the URL: http://www.mss-webdesign.ca
on port 5000 and still be able to connect.

No-o-o!

That's not what happens! I wind up getting an exception thrown at me.

According to the documentation I'm supposed to be able to provide a URL
and the Socket class should still be able to take this string and
connect.

Has anyone had this problem before?

Please advise,

Alan